The Buffalo Bills have had a hectic week, to say the least. After firing Rex Ryan following the team’s devastating 34-31 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins, the Bills proceeded to get embarrassed, 30-10 to the New York Jets in Week 17 under interim head coach Anthony Lynn.

Lynn was promoted to offensive coordinator following the firing of Greg Roman after Week 2, and many have pegged the inexperienced, yet intriguing coach as the front-runner for Buffalo’s vacant coaching position.

“We are going to do a fair and complete interview process,” Pegula said. “He (Lynn) is one of our candidates, but we aren’t going to just hand it over. It wouldn’t be fair to other possible candidates or to Anthony to just assume it’s a fake search.”

According to Capaccio, Pegula told him that the team expects ‘five or six’ candidates to conduct formal interviews for the head coaching vacancy, rather than the rather absurd 12 candidates they brought in for interviews during their 2015 search.

For now, it seems the Pegulas have a bit of a better idea in how to conduct a search for a coach and not be swayed by outside opinions.

Mrs. Pegula also commented on the firing of Rex Ryan after just two years, noting that continuity is important, stating, “I know continuity is important, and I really wanted that to happen. But, we just realized the team wasn’t going in the direction we wanted.”

So, while Bills players have cleaned out their lockers, the Pegulas will begin their Tuesday with evaluating the players and potential coaches while they look ahead to the 2017 season.

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